Brian will be taking classes over the next few months. Some will be for continuing education so he can keep his massage license. Others will be for professional growth.

The studio will also be closed June 15^th through 17^th for advanced mediumship classes by Eamonn Downey. These will take place in Vero Beach.

This last month, Brian took continuing education classes in Hawaiian Lomi Lomi. Although he does not do this modality, it was one where he could get into knowing he had limited mobility due to back problems. Unfortunately, he was not able to do any of the work as they needed full time participants at each table, and they had the exact number of students needed without him. So his three days of class were spent watching, which was painful to someone that wanted to get up and help. He did, however, make a couple contacts and do some impressive energy healing during breaks.

The key is that he has completed his required hours for the next two-year licensing period.

On the 14^th of this April, I was in the hospital having a heart cath done. First off, a) this was planned, and b) it was based on other tests that had been performed. A heart cath is where they go look at the heart by running a wire through the radial artery at the wrist and seeing if there are blockages. In my case, they found one and put in a stent to open it up. I spent one night in the hospital and was released with no limitations.

But that was when things started happening, and I’m not talking medical problems, though I did consider that among the possibilities. My energies were ‘off’. I felt out of whack (not that I would have considered myself in whack before).

I could not even qualify the feeling, it was like I was nervous, or unsure, or pressed upon. I was wondering if this was due to the new medications I now have to take, if this was the new ‘norm’.

The next day, we went to a farm produce grocery (where they sell lots of fresh vegetables and meats and eggs). The place was crowded with the after church crowd. I kept feeling dizzy, drained, like I wanted to fall over. I started checking in with my body to see if I could identify an issue when I heard “shields up, captain”. I immediately put up my shields, manually visualizing that barrier between me and everyone else. (This is usually something that happens automatically as I have trained my energies to work this way over the last 30 years.) It’s been at least that long since I last remember being in a situation and consciously visualizing them up.

When the shields were up, my dizziness went away. I didn’t feel like I was being drained. That was it. My automatic shields were not working.

When things happen to us, or when we take substances, our energies can go off kilter. They can stop working as expected. Physical trauma to the body (and this can be injuries or surgeries, as well as the drugs used in the procedures) can throw off energies, of course at the time one might not notice. It is getting back to something normal that we notice change.

It has been well known that drinking alcohol can greatly affect the energies of an empath or energy worker. It affects normal people as well, they just don’t notice it as energy changes. Alcohol reduces inhibitions, loosens our control on ourselves, changes how we feel. In reducing our control, our shields drop quickly. We become affected by the people around us, their thoughts, their emotions, their energies. We feel drained. We feel our emotions changing as those of the people around us change. It is an empath or an energy worker that will realize what is happening. But others will just go through the roller coaster without a clue. (Someone told me this many years ago, and I have not had a drink since.)

The same can be true for other substances from legal/medical to illegal. New medications can cause these things to change. The key is to be aware of it.

In my case, I am going back to doing my basic energy exercises every morning (opening the chakras, grounding, shielding, centering). These are things I have not done in years because they’ve been automatic. I am doing them again until they can become automatic again.

I talk with lots of people about unique and strange things. Many are starting to put a foot into the “ethereal waters”, and have questions. Many are approaching these things with trepidation, some with fear. “What if I bring something back with me?” “What if I become evil?” “What if I become possessed?” All valid questions, but those questions stem from fear.

Years ago, I was talking with an acupuncturist (as she also works in the mystical realm), about astral projection. She immediately told me I shouldn’t do that as I could bring something evil back with me. Huh? Wow! My immediate thought was that she should not project her fear onto what I was doing. It also tells me that while she does some things, she is not growing because she is approaching things with fear.

We all have spirit guides, and their jobs are to guide us, help us, protect us. I trust my guides. They facilitate most everything I do with the spirit realm from mediumship, white light work, astral projection, and many more things. I know they will protect me. Of course, I’m not going it about stupidly either. I have heard of people that open themselves for spirit to come in 24/7. Those people usually end up in a rubber room somewhere. I use an intention agreement to tell spirit what I expect from them, and what I will do for them. This includes things like, “Bring no evil into our relationship” and “Come to me when and where appropriate”. So, I feel safe in what I do as I know my guides and spirit will follow that.

When you think about how you approach things, you must remember the Law of Attraction which says that you draw to you what you put the most energy into. If you fear a lot, you will bring what you fear to you. If you put out positive thought, this is what you will bring to you.

So, which wolf will you feed?

Since people do not see the t-shirt designs too often, a new shirt will be featured each month.

The following is a list of currently scheduled classes. This class is a two-day class worth 12 CE hours for massage therapists. Each class (unless otherwise marked) currently has a status of 'Scheduled'. This means that a date has been set, but no one has signed up for it yet. Once a deposit has been received for a class, the status will be 'Confirmed'. The schedule is as follows:

You may sign up for any of these through the website, or over the phone with a credit card.

All classes are scheduled to be held at the Caring Palms Studio. Should the location change, that change

will be on the website and students notified.

Maximize your results with less effort. Utilize the science of martial arts and apply it to massage. Advanced Body Mechanics and Techniques for Massage Therapists, is designed to reconnect the massage therapist with proper body mechanics and techniques while putting a new twist on things and showing how to get more pressure with little effort. While it does go over some basics, it takes body mechanics to a new level where every move involves the use of the therapist's entire body so they can work without hurting themselves. The class being part lecture, part hands-on practice takes positions, centering, and the proper use of body strength from Japanese martial arts and applies them to the art of massage therapy. It also shows how to focus one's energies to increase their strength with simple exercises meant to teach the student how to 'think' beyond where they are working so they can get deeper into the client and to channel their energies to the point of thought. The student will learn how to focus their energies and use their body to do deep work and not get hurt. This class will help anyone to work deeply with less effort no matter if one is 90 pounds or 250 pounds. This class is for both the seasoned therapist and the new therapist. It will show moves everyone does, but in a new light as well as moves many people may not have seen before. The idea is not to dictate how to practice, but to show better body mechanics which the therapist can adapt to what they do. This is true whether they adapt all of it or just part of it.

This class is for licensed massage therapists or anyone that regularly uses massage in their practice. For those looking to learn basic massage for relaxation for their partner or friends, see the website on the Massage For Couples classes.

To sign up for classes, go to the website and select Continuing Education, Advanced Body Mechanics and Techniques, and Class Schedule to see additions and changes or to sign up.